I've noticed that the content pages on the main site have some information about video games but the forums have very little! I aim to use this thread for the comparison of video game themes to other (older) music in order examine musical inspiration, what unites a genre, listeners' thematic associations, etc.

First up, let's look at the influence of classical music in its broader sense, Renaissance to Present. Please share your thoughts on any similarities you may perceive between the two members in each pair of pieces that I liszt.

Baroque:Super Smash Bros. Brawl introduced me to "Power-Hungry Fool", a character leitmotif (as the name suggests) from another Nintendo game, Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance. I find it to be an excellent imitation of JS Bach, though not any one piece in particular. Compare:

Classical Classical: Kakariko VIllage first appeared in the game The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past. The location's theme tune sounds to me like the second movement of Mozart's Piano Concerto No.1 if it had been written (or at least covered) by Ennio Morricone. It's been remixed for use in several Zelda games since, but I'll link (no pun intended) the version from the most recent game, Twilight Princess (more on the wide and wonderful world of Hylian music later):

New week, new post. Remember that piece by Bach which I compared to the Fire Emblem tune at the start of this thread? It's the first movement from his Keyboard Concerto No. 1. This piece also happens to be used by one of the most cherished math/critical thinking games of my youth. I've linked to the moment at which it is heard in the following video, which is essentially a nine minute speed run of the whole game.

Naturally it is convenient for the creators of educational video games without a benefit of a huge budget to use music that has fallen into public domain. Incidentally, the eight-bit sound is able to emulate the simple hums of a harpsichord rather nicely. In the video above you can also hear parts of Beethoven's 12 contredanses as well as a familiar tune named Solfeggietto by Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (C.P.E. Bach) which you will hear towards the end of that video as well as at the very beginning (and which is also a harpsichord/clavichord standard).

It's sequel, Treasure Mathstorm!, graduated to having some original music written for it (which I find to be good and catchy), but retained a few Bach classics. If you are interested, you can find a play-through by the same Youtube member here:

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